Letter grades were replaced five years ago at Concord elementary and middle school grades with “skills grades” which measure how students are performing compared to state standards“ and ”effort grades,“ which measure work ethic.

Recently, community blogger Patricia Oakley started the messy task of extracting honey from her home-grown bee hive. Read on to learn a bit about how the process works, as well as the method she used this year to gather her honey.

Moving forward as a society means reflecting on and acknowledging our history — both its positive and negative aspects. However, a piece of legislation against the A.P. U.S. History course and exam goes against this concept, community blogger Rich Preheim says.